idée fixe

== English == === Alternative forms === idee fixe === Etymology === Borrowed from French idée fixe (literally “fixed idea”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iː.deɪ ˈfiːks/ === Noun === idée fixe (plural idées fixes) (psychology) An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely), an obsession. Synonym: fixed idea 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 171, ¶ 13: [“]A foreign policy of domination through spiritual means is [Jorane Sutt’s] idée fixe, but it’s my notion that his ultimate aims aren’t spiritual.[”] 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 9: His conclusion though is illuminating, and established a theme that was to concern him for the next forty years of his life, becoming the idée fixe of works such as The Ghost in the Machine, The Act of Creation and the Roots of Coincidence. A recurring musical theme; a leitmotif. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i.de fiks/ === Noun === idée fixe f (plural idées fixes) (psychology) idée fixe Synonym: marotte ==== Descendants ==== → English: idée fixe → English: fixed idea (calque) → Swedish: fix idé (calque) → Russian: идефикс (idefiks) → Russian: идея фикс (ideja fiks) (partial calque) → Turkish: idefiks ==== See also ==== fixette == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French idée fixe (“idée fixe, obsession”, literally “fixed idea”). === Noun === idée fixe (psychiatry, psychology) idée fixe, obsession Synonym: obsesi === Further reading === “idée fixe”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French idée fixe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iˈdɛ ˈfiks/ === Noun === idée fixe f (indeclinable) idée fixe (idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; an obsession) === Further reading === idée fixe in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN idée fixe in Polish dictionaries at PWN